Paper-cabinet.



No. 639,238. Patented den. I9, |899. J. T. HnvT.

PAPER CABINET.

(Application led Dec. 15, 1898.)

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PATENT JAMES T. HOYT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EMILY O. HOYT, OFSAME PLACE.

PAPER-CABINET.

srncrrcATIoN forming parc of Letters Patent No. 639,238, dated December19, 189e.

Application led December 15, 1898. Serial No. 699.373. (No model.)

To cal whom t 71mg/ con/cern.'

Beit known that I, JAMES T. HOYT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednewand useful Improvements in Cabinets or Paper-Cases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a cabinet or case suitable for toilet-paper,and by means of this invention the cabinet can be readily supplied withpaper and can be made to contain a large supply of paper, and the lattercan be made to readily feed or pass from the cabinet, as required.

The invention is set forth in the following specification and claims andillustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the cabinet sectioned along m x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a planView of the cabinet with the cover open and partly broken away. Fig. 3is a front elevation of the cabinet with the cover open and partlybroken away. Fig. 4 shows a gear sectioned along y y, Fig. 3.

In the drawings is shown a cabinet with the bottom 1, sides 2, and back3. The top of the cabinet is open, as is also the front, the sides atthe front being held or braced'in position bya cross-piece 4. The openfront under the cross-piece 4 gives access to the cabinet, ashereinafter explained. The paper 5 is shown in a receptacle comprisingthe bottom G, sides 7, back 8, and front 9. The top of the receptacle isopen, so that it can be readily filled or charged. The sheets 5, restingan edge on bottom 6, can have their upper edges engaged by a retainer 10at the top or upper` part of the receptacle. A Wire strung` or piercedthrough the sheet-s and secured to the receptacle at its front 9 andback 8 will form a suitable retainer. A strip of sheet metal with itssharp edge facing upward or away from bottom 6 can be made to act as apaper-retainer.

When the receptacle 6 9 is slipped or put into the cabinet, the leadingor front sheet 5 comes into Contact with ejector 1l, the receptaclehaving a suitable cut-away portion or opening at 12 sufliciently largeor extended to give the ejector access to the contents 5 and prevent theejector contacting with the receptacle. The ejector can be suitablyformed by a roller or cylinder carried by or journaled in the cabinetand having a handle or actuator 14. This ejector as known is usuallyformed by a roller which is split or in two sections and fixed to orturning with axle 15 and button 14. The cut or opening 12 is receding orsuch that the ejector 11 will not contact with the receptacle 6, whilethe paper 5 is free to move into contact with the ejector, and thereceptaclewill not contact with any movable part of the mechanism. Asthe front sheets are fed off or ejected the pack 5 or remaining sheetsare moved forward or to the eject-or by a suitable feeder. In thedrawings is shown a feeder-plate composed of a back piece 16, setagainst the rear of pack 5 and having a spring or yielding connection 17with a loop or wire 18, 19, 20, and 21. The branches 19 and 21 are shownrunning alongside the pack 5 acertain distance, but do not contact withthe front sheets of the pack, but pass out'of the receptacle near thefront 9 through openings 22 in the sides 7. The front sheets of the packare thus not obstructed by the loop parts or connections 19 and 21 inpassing to ejector 11, as the loop is not in contact with such packfront or is outside the receptacle 6 9 at the front of the pack.

The front branch 2O of the loop or wire is caught by studs or hooks 23on a rotary shaft 24, having gear 25 engaging gear 26 on ejector-shaft15. As the ejector 11 is rotated the actuating-gear 26 drives gear 25with shaft 24 to wind up or actuate the connection 1821 and move pack 5toward the ejector. The feed can be made intermittent by suitable means.of them intermittent or broken excessive feed or compression of thesheets or pack 5 can be prevented, as on the actuating-gear 26 releasingthe driven gear 25 the latter, with shaft 24 and connection 18 21, arefreed, so that the back 16 can be moved back bythe action of spring orsprings 17 or by the expansion of pack 5 or the joint action of allthese parts if excessively compressed or fed forward. The active gearportion 26, as also shaft 24, could be made of small size, so that but aslight degree of feed is effected on each turn of the ejector. The sizeor diameter of gear 25 can By making the gear 25 and 26 or one IOO alsobe so chosen as to insure no more than the required degree of feed, andby making the ejector 11 of larger or smaller diametera less or greaterrotation of the ejector will be required to start or movea sheet. 1f thefeed is so set as never to be excessive, intermittent gears orintermittent release of the feed is unnecessary. Friction-gears, asshown at 25 and 26, are thought preferable to tooth-gears, as the teethmight jam or catch.

The interior paper-holding receptacle 6 9 is unattached to the exteriorcabinet, and when empty the said receptacle can be readily removedbydetaching or u nhooking the wire or connection 2O from shaft 21 or itsstuds 23 and a fresh receptacle when in the cabinet can readily have itswire 20 hitched or connected to such shaft. The open front of thecabinet gives access for making the connection or disconnection betweenwire 20 and shaft 2l.

The open front and top of the cabinet can be closed by a cover, whichcomprises the front portion 27 and top portion 28. This cover can beformed of one piece of material and permanently or detachably jointed orconnected at 29 to the cabinet, so that when the padlock or securingdevice at 30 is freed or open the cover can open or come off.

The cabinet-bottom 1 being interrupted or stopped short of the frontwill leave an exit or mouth for the ejection of the leading sheet 5. Thefront 9 of the removable and replaceable receptacle is provided at itstop portion with an inclined holdback flange or lip 3l, which preventsthe leading sheet from jamming or contacting against front 9, wherebysuch sheet would be prevented from being detached or moved by theejector.

The cabinet can be secured in a suitable place, as on a shelf or by aside 2 being suitably attached.

A side or portion of the cabinet or cover, or both, can be madetransparent or of broken workto allow a view of the receptacle or itscontents while preventing access to or tampering with the latter as longas the cover 28 is locked. The cabinet can be of suitable length toaccommodate a receptacle with a large supply of paper. The removablereceptacle can be of suitable material, and if made cheap, as ofpasteboard or the like, such receptacle when exhausted could be castaside if not to loe refilled. The ejector 11, with feeder-axle 24, beingcarried by the cabinet, will remain in place on the removal of thereceptacle. The receptacle or its bottom 6 holds or supports thecontents 5 clear of or out of contact with the bottom of the cabinet,and by making the bottom 6 smooth the paper can readily feed or slide onsuch bottom for the ejector to engage or eject the contents 5 or to .ripthe leading sheet from the retainer 10. In practice it has been foundadvisable to have the feeder 18 21 act in proximity to or near the levelof the ejector 11, so as to keep the successive leading sheets inoperative contact with the ejector or to. enable the ejector to securethe proper grip or friction for starting a sheet from the retainer 10and out of the receptacle and cabinet. The holdback fiange or lip 31 isshown on the receptacle, but could be arranged elsewhere, as on thecabinet or front brace L1. The ejector 11 is customarily provided withmeans, such as ratchet and pawl, to prevent retrograde rotation; butthis feature is no part of this invention. The receptacle is out ofcontact with gear 25 or this gear is set sufficiently to one side orout'of the way to not contact with or hinder the action of the feed-wire18 21. The cabinet can have a side suitably cut away or recessed forhousing or setting aside the gear 25. The cabinet being suitably fixedor placed, the receptacle can be inserted into or removed from thecabinet or have its feed connection 18 21 hitched or unhitched, asrequired.

The spring 17, arranged as shown, tends to draw theloop-shank 18 towardthe upper edge of back board 16, thus throwing said shank 18 into anupwardly-curved loop when the winding-axle 24 is loose or free.Supposing the ejector 11 to be operated when the pack 5 or its front'isalready jammed up forcibly or rests firmly against the ejector, theconnection 18 to 21 can in such case give or yield by the stretch ot'spring 17 when the ejector 11 rotates shaft 24, so that the pack 5remains stationary while the ejector takes off sheets. As a new or heavypack mayy have been set against ejector 11 sufficiently close for theejector to take olf two or more successive sheets without the packhaving to be fed, the yielding connection allows the connection 18 to 21to give while the pack remains at rest. Said spring 17 also keeps theloop or wire 18 to 21 taut between the roller 24 and the point where theloop or Wire is attached to the spring, such spring tending to draw theloop away from this roller or winding-shaft 2-1.

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to asupport, of a removable and replaceable interior paper-receptacle heldimmovable when in the cabinet and provided at its top portion with apaperretainer, a movable paper-feeder plate located in and removableWith the interior receptacle and means substantially as describedconnected to or carried by the exterior cabinet for operating thefeeder-plate, said interior receptacle serving to hold the paper fromcontact with the bottom of the exterior cabinet, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to asupport and having an opening and closing cover, of a paper-holdingreceptacle having a paper-retainer at its top portion and heldimmovablel when in the cabinet but removable and replaceable while saidcabinet remains stationary with its cover open, said receptacle servingto hold the paper-from contact with the bottom of the exterior cabinet,a movable roo v paper-feeder plate located in and removable with theinterior cabinet, feeder-plate-operating devices at one end of thecabinet, and a connection-between the feeder-plate and saidfeeder-plate-operating devices, said connection being detachably engagedWith said feeder-operating devices, substantially as described.

3. The combination With an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to asupport, and having an opening and closing cover, of an interiorpaper-receptacle having a paper-re tainer at its top portion and heldimmovable when in the cabinet but removable and replaceable While saidcabinet remains stationary with its cover open, a movable paperfeederplate located in the interior receptacle and removable therewith, andmeans substantially as described connected to or carried by the exteriorcabinet for actuating the paper-feeder plate,substantially as described.

4t. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to asupport and having an opening and closing cover, of an interiorpaper-receptacle having a paper-retainer at its top portion and heldimmovable when in the cabinet but removable and replaceable While saidcabinet remains stationary with its cover open, a movable paperfeederplatelocated in the interior receptacle, and removable therewith, meansfor actuating the paper-feeder plate, and a paperejector mounted on thecabinet and constructed and arranged to eject the paper from one end ofsaid interior receptacle, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an exterior cabinet designed to be secured to asupport, of a removable and replaceable interior paper-receptacle heldimmovable When in the cabinet and provided at its top with apaper-retainer and at one end with a cut-away or recessed portion, apaper-feeder plate located in the receptacle and removable therewith,means for actuating the paper-feeder plate, and a paper-ejector mountedon the cabinet and projecting into the said cut-away or recessed endportion of said receptacle, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a cabinet designed to be secured to a support,of a removable and replaceable paper-receptacle arranged in saidcabinet, a paper-feeder plate movable Within said receptacle andremovable therewith, and means substantially as described connected toor carried by the cabinet for advancing the paper-feeder plate in thereceptacle, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a cabinet having a paper-ejector at one end, ofa removable and replaceable receptacle arranged in the cabinet andhaving side walls provided in proximity to one end with openings, apaper-feeder plate movable Within said receptacle, a loop engaging thepaper-feeder plate and having its branches passing through the sideopenings of the receptacle, and a Winding device with which saidbranches are connected, substantially as described.

8. The combination With a cabinet, of an interior paper-receptaclehaving a paper-retainer at its top portion, a paper-feeder plate movablelongitudinally of and Within the said receptacle to press the paperforward and mechanism connected with and actuating said paper-feederplate to alternately feed and release the paper, substantially asdescribed.`

9. A paper-cabinet provided with a stationary or immovable receptacle,an ejector, and a feeder, said cabinet having an actuator provided witha hook or catch for releasably engaging the feeder substantially asdescribed.

10. The combination with a cabinet, of a removable and replaceablepaper-receptacle arranged in said cabinet and provided with apaper-feeder plate movable longitudinally thereof, a winding-shaft, aloop connected with the Winding-shaft and engaging the paper-feederplate, and a spring connected with said loop and made to keep the looptaut between the winding-shaft and spring, su bstantially as described.

11. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arrangedtherein, an ejector mounted on the cabinet and constructed and arrangedto eject the paper from one end of said receptacle, a winding-shaftcarried by the cabinet, a paper-feeder plate movable in the receptacle,and a loop engaging the feederplate and connected with saidWinding-shaft, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arrangedtherein yand provided With a paper-retainer, a paper-feeder plate and aloop or wire connected to the paper-feeder plate, and a Winding-shaft onthe cabinet to which the loop or Wire is connected, substantiallyV asdescribed.

13. A paper-cabinet provided with a receptacle, an ejector, a back piecefor the paper, a spring or yielding connection at the back piece, a Wireor loop connected to the spring, and a shaft for engaging the Wire orloop to move the back piece toward the ejector said spring being made tokeep the loop taut between the shaft and the spring substantially asdescribed.

14. A paper-cabinet provided With a receptacle, an ejector', afeeder,and an actuator or drivin g-shaft for the feeder, saidcabinet having adoor or opening for the insertion of the receptacle, and an end open forthe passage of the feeder said feeder being made t0 be connected to anddisconnected from its actuator substantially as described.

15. A paper-receptacle adapted to be inserted in a cabinet and providedwith a paper pack and a paper-retainer, a feeder-plate and a loop orWire engaged with the feeder-plate and held out 0f contact with thefront portion of the paper pack, said loop or Wire being IOO rio

adapted for connecting with an actuator or shaft on the cabinet foroperating the feederplate in said receptacle substantially as described.

16. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptacle arrangedtherein and provided With a paper-retainer, a paper-feeder plate and aloop or Wire engaged With the feeder-plate and held out of contact withthe front portion of the paper pack and a device on the cabinet withwhich the loop or Wire connects, for operating the feeder-plate in thesaid receptacle, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a paperreceptacle provided with a paper-retainer@paper-feeder plate, a winding-shaft, and a yielding connectioncomprising a spring 17 and a loop 18 2l between the feeder-plate and thesaid shaft, substantially as described.

18. The combination with a cabinet, of a paper-receptaclearrangedttherein and provided with a paper-retainer, a paper-feederplate in the receptacle, a Winding shaft mounted ou the cabinet, and ayielding conn nection comprising a spring 17 and a loop 18 21 betweenthe paper-feeder plate and the said shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' JAMES T. HOYT.`

VVitnesSes:

W. C. HAUFF, CHAS. E. POENSGEN.-

